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The honourable member has proved himself a true prophet in all be has said on the subject, and though it may suit some captious listeners to decry all statements that do not immediately meet their views, the test of time has shown how valid were the opinions ex pressed by Mr. LINDSAY, and corroborated by all who took a comprehensive view of the great Ame rican question. Mr. LINDSAY predicted that the Union would never be restored, and in this he was borne out by the most astute of American politi cians, and the sequel will most assuredly verifythe prediction. The honourable member, in his clear and comprehensive address, showed to his hearers the fallacy of the notions entertained by the North from the outset of the affuir. He believed that the 6 ; rebellion," as they emphatically termed it, would be soon put down, and with this conviction went to war, and with what results all know. This is certainly an instance of the mistakes which men wake who are blinded by their own perversity, and so self-opinionated that they will not see the reason of unpalatable truths. Doubtless the Northern part of the combatants really felt convinced that they *would soon put down and crush out the revolt, and that in lees than a year they would have suc cessfully disposed of all inimical proceedings. They had not the foresight to take note of the height and depth of the resolve which animated and ac tuated their opponents, the deeply rooted con viction—which was firmly fixed in their minds—that the time had come for them to be free from the galling bondage they had so long borne. A want of extensive know ledge of this sort is fatal to those who would grapple with difficult and dangerous tasks, and the Washington, Government have made a lamentalk, failure in their attempt to rush at conclusionr% and believe that they have power to put down t ill opp o . neat?, without listening to the dictates o f right or the voice of reason. Mr. LINDSAY ' f o rc ibly showed that the North are not really in earnest in their Condemnation of Slavery. T riad they really and truly desired its extinction as an Institution from their soil, they would have taker, matters up very differeetly, and 0 4u, pted very contrary measure' to those which they have r,mpleyed. He br- , • o u t if th e N or th pained -Led to put a P r : practis • e of Slav , ;toe' to the Slavery they woi ,' have ended the Fugitive Sla,o L aw, _ slave w oul,d b., m ve foa . 1 then the " oppressed 10,1 way across the frontier to the 'lsnd of freedom." saen._, a test as this is the y way to judge rightly of the purity of men's motives, and to discover the real nature of thei r assertions, This cry of Slavery has been a grand catch for the supporters of the North, bat i ts efficacy is now pretty w ell departed, and it will soon be of no use to attempt trying its powers to the most unenlightened and inexperienced assembly. • Experience has taught, with its unerring wisdom, that no remote idea of such a thing ever actuated the Federals in the proaecation of the war. The notion suited some people, and it was as well to take advantage of the chance that presented itself so fortuitously, thus gaining the support and ccuntenance of those who would have blushed to be associated with the belligerents, had they known the manner in which the warfare was to be prosecuted. It is a melancholy thing to contemplate the loss of life and the great waste of property which have been sacrificed to the prosecu tion of this struggle. All war is costly, and often after the shortest and most economical conflict the conten di n g parties have had ample cause to repent at leisure of the extremities into which they plunged in haste, but the details of this transatlantic fend are fearful to picture and overwhelming to con template. When we hear of the position of the North, the men called forth, the sums raised to meet the expenses, it is strange to consider that so far from having at all accomplished their object they are as far off as ever, and further indeed, since they must feel the conviction of their failure steal ing upon them. Mr. LINCOLN has called out troops in almost fabulous numbers, but to no purpose— and, as Mr. LINDSAY put it, " the capital of the North seems in greater jeopardy than that of the South." The consequences of this war are deplor able to dwell upon ; they affect the people of Eu rope, while they cruelly injure those of America. The West is now coming to the rescue in America, and condemning the mode of proceeding which has occasioned so many evils, and gained no avail able benefit after all this sacrifice. Mr. LINDSAY animadverted upon the course pursued by our Go vernment throughout this disastrous war ; he said very truly, without taking part they might have used their friendly offices in averting the continue ante of the conflict. France was willing to act in uni son with England in the work of mediation, but her suggestions were unheeded, and we have to regret the consequences. The hon. member for Sunder land, in conclusion, made some impressive declara tions regarding his reasons for taking a part in the discussions on this subject. He assured his hearers that he was actuated by goodwill on both sides, and he could not but " sympathise with people who havesprung.from the same land with ourselves, who speak the same language, whose history is oar history, and who worship the same GOD." This speech is an admirable one, for it is free from bitter• ness and prejudice, yet it declares the truth in plain and unvarnished terms, and all who would obtain an insight into American affairs cannot do better than peruse it attentively, for it clearly ex plains the merits and demerits of the complicated question.. The return of the excursion season usually brings with it a plentiful supply of the sensation element. We are continually startled with accounts of dread ful accidents or impressed by narratives of hair- breadth escapes and dangerous delays. Sometimes a year elapses without any catastrophe of magni tude; at other times disasters follow each other in rapid succession, as in the instances of the Clayton Tannel accident and that which immediately suc ceeded it on the North London Railway. It is happily very seldom that the ace dents are of stub a terrible character, and the effect of the double catastrophe on the public mind was !Fry great. People lost all confidence in railways, and it was well for the companies that the excursion season was near its close, for, owing to the paniz, it was virtually ended by those disasters, The next summer the effects were still felt, and excursionists were few and far between. Happily there has been of late years no similar catas. trophe, and the pleasant and healthful cue• tom of snatching a few hours by the seaside or in the wocds in the midst of hard work or pressing business is agein in full force. This year we are having a complete circle of disasters ; the railway lines taking in turn the unenviable dis tinction. We had the Egham accident, which threw such a gloem over the gay doings at Ascot; we had the appalling murder of Mr. BRIGGS on another line, to be followed by an accident, cum• paratively trifling in its results, but most alarming in its character, at Margate ; and now within the last two days London itself has been startled by an engine turned acrobat. It is worth notice that none of these disasters occurred, properly speak ing, to excursion trains, unless the extra trains in a race week can be reckoned as such. Mr. BRIGGS was assassinated on a short journey of the most ordinary kind, and it must be remembered that no especial blame could attach to either company or driver. The unfortunate system of isolation to which so many individual accidents and annoyances are due, does not belong exclusively to any particular line. Indeed it has been in existence for a good many years without the public seeming sensible of its danger. The same remark applies to that dangerous midnight journey northwards which we have omitted from our list of railway alarms. The unfortunate train at Margate was one of only a few carriages going on its usual track, while the accident at Camden-road Station (again on the unlucky North London), had nothing to do with excursions or excursionists. So that the public need not be startled into abandoning their proposed pleasure trips when danger lies in the ordinary prosecution of daily business as well. It is made. viable that excursion trains have met with a greater proportion of accidents than other trains, but such is not necessarily the case, and there is every pro bability that each successive accident diminishes instead of increasing the chances of misfortune. Wise men would tell us that, according to the doc trine of chances, accidents are less likely to happen in close succession, but it is more satisfactory to trust to an increase of care and vigilance on the part of the officials of the line than to any theoreti. cal calculation. We may reasonably suppose that every accident teaches some particular lesson, espe cially where it is, as too often happens, the result of recklessness and negligence, We cannot sup pose, for instance, flat another stationmaster will dismiss two trsjins, in rapid succession, telling' the first to sto7 - e at a certain station, and the second to go 0r .. , We can hardly imagine that directions wlll again be given to suspend the danger signal, or that men will be kept at work for eighteen or twenty hours in succession, as was the case in one of the most frightful accidents of our time. All these lessons are learnt at heavy cost by the Companies, who pay dearly in hard coin, as well as suffering in public estimation, not always deservedly. The actual expenss of remedying the accident is the least is'srt, though that of course is - sometimes at - tened with serious expense. But the public have I a right to expect that every possible provision will be made for their safety, and if the companies propose to combine profit for themselves with pleasure and convenience to the public, they are bound to take extra precautions instead of diminishing their usual care. They are left the un controlled management of their own affairs; they are free to fix what prices they charge, what salaries they give; they arrange their own hours of departure, arrival, and the like, and therefore the responsibility rests exclusively with them. It is becoming doubly necessary that all due care should be taken now that railways are intersecting our streets, burrowing underneath our highways, so that the most resolute pedestrian cannot escape their dangers. An accident occurring in the midst of our densely populated metropolis would probably THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 18G4. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] FRANCE. LIMOGES, AUG. 18. The number of houses destroyed hero in the great fire is estimated at 200. The cause of the coofligration is unknown. The King of Spain arrived at St. Cloud last night about nine. After the banquet at St. Sebastian, the King continued his journey to France, and arrived at Bordeaux at nine on Monday night. He was received at the railway station by Count de Bon vine, Prefect of the Gironde, the general command ing the military division, the mayor, the municipal council, and all the authorities of the city and de partment. His Majesty was accompanied by M. de Isturitz, the Spanish ambassador; Gen. de \Vanbert de Geniis, aide-de-camp to the Emperor; Baron Teacher de la Pagerie, Mareohal de Logis of the Palace; and Viscount de Laferriere, Imperial Chamberlain, who had gone to receive the King at the frontier. His Majesty proceeded at once to the prefecture, where apartments had been pre pared for him, and afterwards held a reception in the Grand Salon, and the evening terminates by a grand supper of 50 covers. The King left Bordeaux yesterday morning for Paris at half-past eight, and was accompanied to the station with the same cere monial as on his arrival. On reaching the entrance to the Park of St. Cloud, the King was received by the Emperor in person; whilst at the foot of the grand staircase of the palace the Royal visitor found the Empress and the Prince Imperial, attended by the Prince and Princess Lucien Murat, Prince and Princess Joachim Murat, and Princess Anne Murat. The grand officers of the Crown, the Alarshal Commanding-in-Chief of the Imperial Guard, the Adjutant-General of the Palace, the Grand Mistress of the Empress, the Gonvernante of the ehi:dren of France, the Lady of Honour of the Empress, and the officers and ladies of their Majesty's Household were also there, and bad the honour of being presented to his Catholic Majesty. The King, before retiring to his apart■ ments, presented the officers of his suite to their Imperial Majesties. The Princess Mathilde, being indisposed, was unable to be at the Palace of Saint Cloud at the time of the King's arrival. The Emperor has received replies from the Queen of England and Prince of Wales to the letters noti. fling the birth of Prince Napoleon.Louis-Joeeph- Jerome. BOURSE, Aug. 17.—N0 material change has taken place in this market in prices or in the amount of business doing. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 50c., and Mobilier 1,035 f. Railway Market quiet, but firm. The market became rather heavy towards the close, and left off as follows:-- 4t per Cents .. 94 50 Italian Loan 6B 25 Do. end month.... Do. end month 6B 40 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 66 40 New Mexican .... 561 Credit Mobilier.... 1025 Russian Do. end m0nth....1023 75 Austrian Bank Shares 3375 Spanish Threes.... Credit Fonder — Rome Debt Roman RAIL 'AYB. ..._...., ......_ Cash. Account. Orleans B9O .. 890 -- Northern Lyons and .1-leditarranean 930 .. 931 25 Southern 645 .. 645 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lornbard North of Spain Saragossa. . Ditto to Barcelona produce most disastrous consequences, when in green country lanes it might do little or no injury. The explosion of the engine at Camden-road on Tuesday last might have been attended with very serious consequences, not only to the travellers by the train itself, who had a most fortunate escape, but to the foot passengers in Randolph-street. The train was preparing to leave the station, and im mediately it does so it has to cross a bridge over a little street. The fire-box exploded, the engine was blown upwards and forwards so high into the air that the telegraph lines, some 10 or 15 feet above, were broken, and then turning completely round in its descent, the engine carrying with it a large quantity of the stone coping of the bridge, went down into Randolph-street. Had such an accident happened on some of the bridges crossing over different parts of London instead of over a little quiet by-street, what would have been the conse queues ? The very thing that has caused so many accidents—the weakness of the coupling chains-- proved in this instance the safety of the passengers, for had not the chain snapped when the engine bounded forward they must have been Itido preci pitated into the street below. Let us, hope that this will be the last of this summer's disasters, and that henceforth increased care may ensure increased safety. The Fortress of Tarifa. The Foreign Office has received the subjoined official communication from the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs to her Majesty's Minister at Madrid with respect to vessels passing the fortress of Tarifa:— " St. Ildefonso, July 31. " Sir,—Having informed the Minister of War of the exertions made upon different occasions by certain foreign Ministers accredited to this Court, with the object of introducing some favourable modification of the regulations observed by the for tresses of Tarifa and Isla Verde to oblige the vessels sailing in the jurisdictional waters of those fortresses to hoist the flag of their nation—a practice which they often neglect, alleging an ignorance scarcely credible in vessels who so often cross 'tile Straits— the above-mentioned Minister replied on the 21st ult. that on that day the following instructions had been sent to tie Captain General of Atdalusia, under whose imtlediate orders the fortresses of Tarifa and I.:La Verde are placed, which for the future are, to guide the commanders of the said fortresses " 1. Every vessel crossing the line of the said forts within reach of their guns, end not showing the flag of their nation when the flag of the fort is fly ing, shall be warned of the neglect it is guilty of by means of eannon loaded with powder only. " 2. If after ten minutes she does not hoist her flag, a shot with ball shall be fired across her bows. " 3. It in spite of the two warnings, and after ten minutes more, she still refuses to hoist her flag, a third shot with ball shall be fired at her rigging. —I avail, &e,, " J. F. PACHECO." The Metropolis Roads. A copy of the following letter, addressed by Sir George Grey to the Earl of Lonsdale, has been ordered to be sent to each Commissioner of the Metropolis roads Whitehall, July 19. My Lord,—l have much satisfaction in expressing to your lordship the great value which her Majesty's Govern ment attach to the service which has been rendered to the public by the Commissioners of the Metropolis Turnpike Roads north of the Thames, over whom your lordship has so long and so usefully presided. From their 38th report, receztly laid before Pal-Lament, it appears that since the appointment of the commission in 1827 the heavy debt, amounting to upwards of £120,000, which was secured upon the tolls, has been entirely liquidated, and that, besides pro viding for the ordinary repairs of the roads, the commis sioners have further expended upwards of £OO,OOO in diffe rent improvements, stud have been enabled from time to time to remove the turnpike gates to a greater distance from the metropolis, thus preparing the way far carrying into Effect the provisions of the act of last session, in pursuance of which, from the Ist of the present month, all the roads under the charge of the commissioners within the limits of the Metropolis Local Management Act have been trans ferred to the parishes in good repair, the tolls extinguished, and the gates removed. I request your lordship to accept, and to convey to the commissioners, the assurance of the high sense which her Majesty's Government entertain of their successful manage ment of the business to which they have gratuitously de voted so much time and attention. The great benefit which has resulted from the service thus rendered by your lord. ship and your colleagues in the commission cannot fail to be duly appreciated by the public.—l have, &c., The Earl of LOusdale, &c. G, GUY, Modern Naval Wounds, M. Dufour, a surgeon of the French navy, has published an interesting account of the wounded seamen who were brought to the naval hospital at Cherbourg atter the engage ment between the Alabama and the Kearsarge. Of 15 men, 1 is dead, 2 remain in a dangerous state, the others, favoured by a strong constitution and the great care with which they were attended in the hospital, are recovering. Fer some days victors and vanquished lying near each other in the same room forgot the civil discord of which they were the victims. They were visited with the same solicitude and the same humanity by the officers of the ship which sur• vived the engagement. One of the first remarks suggested by reading M. Dufour's statement is that the greater Imre ber of the wounds were caused not by cannon shot or shell, but by splinters from the ship. It has been observed by naval surgeons that since the use of shells in naval engage ments the destruction of human life has been greater than when round shot alone was used. It has been learnt from the same sea engagement that it is an error to suppose that the plating of wooden ships protects the crew from the splinters scattered about. The still increas ing calibre of the guns used in modern warfare requires a greater number of men to serve there, and it follows that one shot may cause more destruction by striking a compact group of men. This was the case on board the Alabama, A shell fired from the Searsage falling among 19 men who were serving one of the Alabama's guns killed or wounded 16. The Alabama fired altogether 270 shots, of which the greater number were fired from howitzers, There were but 163 shots fired by the Kearsage. Nobody appears to have been killed by the round shot—all the injury w as inflicted directly or indirectly by the shells, The captain of the Kearsage very soon ceased firing from his four 32-pounde rs, which produced lit►le effect, and used his two 11-inched howitzers and a riflid 20. pounder placed forward. The victory was gained by these three pieces alone. THE LATE MR. C. W. DILICE,—The remains of the late Mr. C. W. Dilke were consigned yesterday to the family vault at Kensal-green Cemetery. The funeral was strictly private, attended only by members of the family and two or three old intimate friends, among whom we may mention Messrs. John Forster, Hepworth Dixon, and W. J, Theme, The last number of Notes and Queries con• tains the following well deserved tribute to the memory of the deceased : —" In the death of Charles Wentworth Dilke, Esq., Notes and Queries has sustained a great loss ; for among the many able writers who have from time to time contributed to its pages, no one has enriched them with so many valuable papers illustrative of English history and literature as he whose death it is now our painful duty to record. Mr Dilke was one of the truest hearted men, and kindest friends it has ever been our good fortune to know , He died on Wednesday last, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. The distinguishing feature of his character was his singular love of truth, and his sense of its value and importance, even in the minutest points and, questions of literarthistory. In all his writings the enforcement of this great principle, as the only foundation of literary hon our and respectability, was his undeviating a im and object. What the independence of English literary jo urnalism owes to his spirited exertions, clear judgment , a nd unflinching honesty of purpose, will, we trust, be told hereafter by an abler pen than that which now announces h is deeply la mented death." ROY ALIGALLE 13,Y OF ILLUSTRATION.—The annual exodus from the metropolis does not daunt the enterprising manager of the Gallery of Illustration, far he advertises the closing of his present excellent entertainment, and the commencement of a new one at the same time. The season will terminate on the 27th instant, when the "Pyramid," the " Bard and his Birthday," and the now story of the " Seaside" will be withdrawn, to be followed o il the following Monday by a new opera di camera , o r ballad operetta, 1 2v DlrW. Balle t which will re-introduce the " JessY Lea" company, w: ;1 • 11, the exception of a new soprano, a Miss Finlayson, of whom we hale Iteardsome favourable reports. Pm-OFFICE BLUNDER.—About half a league from the town gates of Konigsberg, in Prussia, is a place called Jerusalem. A resident gentleman there has just received a letter which the commissary of his district had addressed to him two years ago. It appears that the let ter had been sent to the Holy Land, and had afterwards made ;early the tour of the world. • AMERICA. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) ARRIVAL OF THE BELGIAN. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday. The Canadian screw steamer Belgian, Captain Acton, from Quebec on the 6th inst., arrived here this afternoon, via Londonderry yesterday. Nothing has transpired before Petersburg subse quent to the late assault. The New 3 orJ Times' Army of the Potomac cor respondent says—"ln the interview under the fllg of truce die rebel officers admit their lose to be 3,000, and claimed to have taken 936 prisoners. The explosion made a cavity of 200 feet long and 95 feet wide." Another despatch says—" The rebels buried their dead on the other side of their line, and carried off their wounded. They claim to have 1,200 prisoners, including the wounded, in their possession. They state their loss was 800, but this is not credited," _ _ The Federal General, Bartlett, and Colonel Mar , shall, were in Petersburg, unhurt. A court of inquiry was about to be convened to inquire into the Federal disaster at Petersburg. A New York despatch of the sth says :—" There are good reasons for believing that the Confederates are mining one of our earthworks in front of Peters burg. Meabures have been taken which will render operations of that sort futile. A riot occurred in this city to-day between a party of soldiers and negroes, in which two of the soldiers were killed and several wounded. The dwellings of the negroes were burned by the soldiers, who were willingly assisted by secession sympathisers." The New York, Worlds Washing ton correspon dent on the 4th says :-66 A rebel officer, who d ee serted General Early's army, reports the cavalr y forces operating in the valley up the river, numbers 8,000, under Generals Johnson and M'Causland. Early says he is determined to hold the valley at all hazards and has a force from 35,000 to 40,000, who are engaged thrashing wheat. He takes every bushel, besides a tax for labour performed." Another Washington telegram says :—" General Eerly'a head-quarters are at Winchest er, and a detachment of rebel cavalry is still on the line of the &este Railroad. The war department has assigned General Emery to command the 19th corps. General Hooker has been ordered to report at Washington without delay." The i e r lt is understood of the New York Commercial an earnest appeal will be made to the President by leading republicans to g i v e General M'Clellan a command. It is urged that enlistments to the num ber of 100,000 will be secured in New York. The impression gains ground that General Hooker will have a most important command. It is becoming ap parent to the war department that the rebels are re■ solved on a vig orous cam paign on the Upper Potomac , 35,000 men, and one portion of and are reinf orc i ng G e n. Early stro n g l y. Early has crossed the river with the river. H e n ow holds Marti nsbur g and the his cavalry from H a g erstown recrossed surrounding country." GenA N a s . Nashville e m (Tennessee) 8 raid alongtele the Macon Railroadg ram of the 3d says met with a great success in cutting the rebels' line of communication, and thus isolating Atlanta ; but I regret the necessity to edd that one division of cavalry, while returning, met with a serious disaster. The Macon Railroad was torn up for 18 miles, the rails twisted, and the ties and bridges burned, and the road rendered useless for months to come. Return ing by way o f M e owan, we captured a large waggon train filled with much valuable private property be longing to rebel officers, and among other property was Gen. Hood's papers, all of which fell into the hands of the general and his forces. About this time the rebels, under Um Ransom, attacked Gen. M'Cook, and a fight ensued, in which M'Cook's command was routed, and the greatest part captured. About 500 of the troops have reported at Marietta, and give fearful stories of loss, &c. The command, when starting, numbered about 3,200. General M'Cook is reported killed." The New York Herald's correspondent at Atlanta says—" A. few days since Gen. Stanley took quite a haul of prisoners by a ruse. A deep ravine ran from his lines to the left of the rebel skirmishers; along this he sent up a company of men, who got to the rear of a squad of rebels, and took them without losing a man. The Sixth Ohio Battery are in position in Gen. Hood's front, and are pouring one continuous stream of shot and shell upon the rebel lines and the city, The rebels reply vigor ously, trying to silence them, Our lines are now pretty well swnnz round Atlanta. The rebels have L very formidable works in our float, wilioie they Can well defend with a small force for a considerable time. Their late defeats and heavy losses must have considerably reduced their army, besides hav ing a most demoralising effect upon them. In both fights they attacked us when not in position, and therefore at decided disadvantage, and in both fights they were repulsed with fearful slaughter. Should they persist in making their death stand here, Sherman will resort to his flanking move ments and cut off their only line of communication and retreat, and thus completely destroying the rebel army in Tennessee." There were reports that General Forrest was at Atlanta under Hood ; while another rumour is that ho died at Columbus, Mississippi, on the 22d of July, of lockjaw. Advises from New Orleans state that all the troops in New Orleans were suddenly sent up the river on the 26th July. It was reported that the Confederates were ad vancing on Morgansia, although it is not known these troops had gone to that place. By way of Havana we have adf ices from Vera Cruz to the 22d July. Skirmishes have taken place near Mexico city. Suarez's forces had left Sotillo for Monterey, where Megreti had joined Juarez. Maximilian has decreed the French code of laws. Brownsville and Texas advices state that the Fe derals had abandoned the whole frontier of Rio Grande. Cortinas is raising a large force by pay ing one dollar in gold per day to rebel deserters. I'tie French threaten to blockade Matamoras. THE BELFAST RIOTS. (From the Second Edition of the .Northern Whig,) BELFAST, Wednesday, 12.30 P.M. The present disastrous riots continue, and more people have been injured and maimed with blud geons, and fired at, and perhaps killed with gunshot wounds. The riots were renewed this morning in the dis• turbed districts, unabated in their terrible nature, and with similar terrible consequences. Five more men have been taken to the General Hospital weltering in their blood. Two of them are not likely to survive—indeed, it is said, cannot survive the injuries they have received. About four o'clock this morning the rioters made ready for another day's campaign. Similar outs rageous scenes to those we have daily described oc curred, but with even more terrible determination and deadliness of purpose. The mobs met in several instances and belaboured each other with the fury of savages. Dover-street, which runs between the Shankill road and the Falls-road, was the scene of a dreadful riot, the contending mobs using, not sticks and stones, but guns loaded with bullets. For half an hour the fire was kept up between the mobs, who did not show a spark of cowardice on either side. Volley after volley roared along the street; the rapid discharge and whirr of the bullets as they rushed past, the shouting of the mobs, and the cool determination with which they stood at their posts, made up a scene absolutely thrilling in a civilised town. Several people were injured with ballets. Those belonging to the Pound side had to be taken to the General Hospital, two of them having their legs amputated at the present time, and many received wounds front balls and slugs, and were carried home. The Protestant party, so far as we learn, were uninjured, except in one instance. Another fearful rencontre took place on the Falls-road, and it is said that the Catholic party fired from the windows of Hughes's bakery, and wounded several, who, it is alleged, were about to wreck the establishment. That part of the town is in a state of the greatest excitement, and no busi ❑ess is being done. A large mob of men and women from the Sandy row district, assembled at an early hour this morn ing opposite the Ulster Railway, with the object of pouncing upon any unfortunate navvy who thought it his own interest to leave the town. As soon as any person suspected of being connected with the Catholic mobs made his appearance ; a yell was set up and he was beleboured unmercifully by the crowd in waiting. Some parties were chased for their lives and succeeded with getting off with only a few bruises. A lot of fellows waited at the station the arrival of the nine o'clock train, when some individuals apparently about to proceed to the harvest in Eng land and Scotland, were set upon and beaten with sticks and stones. One man, who had been severely injured by the mob, was sent to the General Hos pital by Chief Constable 111‘Kittriek. We have been informed by two gentlemen who were witnesses to the outrage committed at the rail way station that not a solitary policeman was to be seen while they were going on. We understand that the reason of these brutal attacks upon labourers coming by the trains is, that a rumour has gone abroad that the Roman Catho lics expect assistance from Dublin and Tipperary. Shortly after the assault upon the persons at the station a party of police patrolled in the neighbour hood. Last night, in the course of a riot at Wilsons street, both military and police were ordered to fire upon the mobs. Several persons were severely in jured in consequence. The magistrates seem determined to exercise very stringent measures for the future, and to-day bodies of constabulary are continually patrolling the streets and preventing as much as possible the assembling of crowds. There are now 37 cases in the hospital. Two men are on the point of death. So far as we can learn there are upwards of 100 cases of injuries from gunshot wounds attended to by private medical men. During the day a large reinforcement of consta bulary is expected from the Phoenix Park, Dublin. The whole constabulary force now in town is under the command of Major Esmonde, Deputy Inspector General, who arrived last night from Dublin. About 260 of the 78th Highlanders arrived in ,own last night. DUBLIN, Wednesday. The navvies and the Orange ship carpenters did not come into collision yesterday. The former were not to be seen, but the latter, hearing that the Dublin coal porters were to arrive in Belfast to help their co-religionists, awaited the evening train in great force, about 1,000 strong, and all armed, determined to attack them. The report happily turned out false. The magistrates swore in a number of special constables yesterday, and took possession of all the gunpowder in the shops. About 60 persons were shot, and the mobs had to be separated at the bayonet point. The respec table inhabitants want the town placed under martial law. Dr. Dorrian has called on the Ro man Catholics to avoid rioting, All business is suspended. DUBLIN, Wednesday Afternoon. The rioting continues furious. The military and the constabulary fired last night upon the people. Many were wounded dangerously. Thirtypseven are is the hospital. Above a hundred are under private medical treatment. Harvest men coming by the trains were sadly maltreated, under the idea that they came to assist the Catholics. Both parties fought, without the slightest cowardice, with slug and bullet charged guns. Several limbs were amputated. The authorities are at length acting vigorously The constabulary aro under the command o. Major Esmond. DUBLIN, Thursday, One o'clock. Belfast quieting. At six o'clock last evening a serious collision took place between ship carpenters and navvies. The latter ware forced into mud banks in the harbour, and were fired upon from the banks of the river by the Orange party. Nine or ten re ceived gunshot wounds, and one is reported dead. Their appearance, up to the neck in mud, was truly he - :trending. THE FRENCH DITTO TO " How's YOUR POOR FEET ?"—One feature of the fete was the starting of a new and unmeaning cry—" As•tu vu Lambert ?"—which seemed to create great amusement, and in which some people de tect a political signification. It is something of the same kind as the inquiry &bout "poor feet," which used to be so popular in London, LI O'Dowd's Good Humoured Philosophy. Cornelius O'Dowd upon Men and Women, and other things zn general. One vol. pp, 299. 131ackwood and Sons, Another glorious serial from Blackwood's Ma ga• zinc is here before us, collected together and pub- lished separately. It is the cheeriest set of chapters— about (slightly altering its own sub -title) all things in general and nothing in particular—that any blase student of light literature, as it is for the most part nowadays, could reasonably desire. In the mere style of it, there is freshness if not absolute origina lity. The writer of thess pages has sat dawn to their composition in apparently tip-top spirits. If he does really happen, in spite of all appearances here to the contrary notwithstanding—to be, even to a moderate extent, a victim to the n:njrims, otherwise to the blue devils born of dyspepsia, he has the Lhappiest knack somehow Hof hiding his effliction from the reader's ken altogether, and en titles himself indubitably, in that case, to the delight ful repute of being the most thoroughly amiable and sweet-tempered of valetudinarians. Judging here merely from the manner of the man, however, we should be disposed to picture him to ours selves as a compound of all sorts of delect able contradictions or incongruities. In this wise —to begin with—Cornelius O'Dowd is manifestly an unmistakeable Man-of-the-world, one who has seen a good deal of the ins and outs of life, who has seen them, moreover, with his eyes wide open, who has, in his time, had quite enough and to spare of town life, who has very closely and critically examined for himself (to adopt a happy phrase from an essayist in the Cornhill Magazine) " the wrong side of the stuff," all the tags and rags and bobtails of that motley embroi dery, the Social System ! And who, nevertheless, has emerged from it all, from this town life, from these wanderings behind the scenes, from these strayings even into the holes and corners, as one may say, of modern civilisation—a creature, to the last, entirely genial in his spirits, in his nature, in his whole temperament, and not the least bit in the world of a curmudgeon ! In other words, Cornelius O'Dowd may be set down at once—as a man of the world — unspoilt by his worldly wisdom ! In his idiocyn cracy he was evidently, upon setting out in life, a right good fellow. And—he is so still. He was so in the green leaf. He is so—if Mrs. O'Dowd will but forgive us for hinting as mach—now that the once glistening, dustless green leaf gives indica tions of crisping into the " sere and yellow." And, seeing all this in Cornelius O'Dowd, we have a kind■ ness for him. The glint of the gray hairs sown, here and there, about his head and in his whiskers, in stead of deteriorating the gloss of those hirsute honours of Cornelius O'Dowd's—on the contrary, seems, in a manner, to enhance it, as it were, by a last finishing touch of grace as with a crowning sheen or halo ! The crowsfeet at the outer-corners of his blithe eyes, come to him less, one might say, from years than from frequent laughter or consti• tutional merriment. His paramount characteristic is his bonhownie. His bearing towards the world at large, is very much indeed of the " Hail fellow well met !" Nay—more than that—he himself,one might say, is a hale fellow, and one, here, in these pages, decidedly well met! Read ing him, it is as if, in answer to his summons, NVO had got our slippered feet at ease under his maho gany in a pleasant tete ci tete, sipping bumpers of his old crusted, cracking the ripest filberts culled fronrhis own nut-walk, dipping the milky kernels of them in the attic salt of his wit, and—it is surely needless to say, after this thoroughly enjoying ourselves the while—when listening to his hilarious prattle ! A prattle, too, it is—about the chiefest charm of which is its dis cursiveness! Echoing our own preliminlry phrase for it, it is so mnch (to be plain, in about one-and-thirty distinct chapters, or divisions) of " Good Humoured Philosophy" Cornelius O'Dowd's, to wit—" Upon Men and Women and Other Things in General!' Cornelina's Mordan, or Perry, twittering as lightly as any feather —say as one of the grey goosequills of the author's earlier youth—upon themes as che quered as—(liko Elia'a Mrs. Batt:e—with a diffe rence!) on " The Decline of Whist"—es (like Mr. Babbage or Mr Bass—also, with a difference I) on "The Organ Nuisance"—on " Clubs" and " Lin• gnists"—on " A New Hansard" and " A New In vestment"—on " The Decline of the. Drama" and the swarming of " Garibaldi's Worshippers." Various as may be the opinions of Cornelius O'Dowd upon Men and Women and Other Things in General, it is certain, all the while, that he entertains no mean opinion of one individual in particular, namely, the important subject of his first paper yclept "My self I" Here, in proof of this, are his qualifications in full— " You may deem me boastful if I have to set forth my qualifications ; but what can Ido ? It is only when I have opened my pack and displayed my wares that you may feel tempted to buy. lam driven, then, to tell you that I know everybody that is worth knowing in Europe, and some two or three in America ; that I have been everywhere—eaten of everything—seen everything. There is not a railway guard from Norway to Naples doesn't grin a recognition to me ; not a waiter from the Trois FrOres to the 'Wilde Mann doesn't trail his napkin to earth as he sees me. Ministers speak up when I stroll into the Chamber, and prima donna° soar above the orchestra, and warble in ecstasy as I enter the pit." With such a cicerone no wonder the book is filled with adventure and amusement. One of the early chapters "A friend of Gioberti" gives a whimsical account of the O'Dowds' honeymoon expedition to the Continent when an Italian Count, and friend of Gioberti, gives Mr. and Mrs. O'D. the benefit of some Italian lessons. The upshot being that he (Gioberti's Friend that is) gives the unconscious lady some Italian love.letters to endite by way of exercises, and then disposes of them at a heavy sum to the credulous husband. An explanation ensues thereupon, of course, between the lady and gentle• man, but " the friend of Gioberti" hao departed with his compensation. Altogether this book penned by Cornelius O'Dowd, of O'Dowd's Folly, in the county of Mayo, Ireland, is as exhilarating a ye; time as one could.wish to have had issued from the pres.:', in the very nick of time, upon the eve of one's holiday excursion—no matter whither ! Precisely the very book of books to drop into one's valise as a fillsup for,3tray moments when lounging in the corner of a railway carriage or when sprawling at greater ease apon the cabin sofa of a steamboat—stray moments when, without the fatigue of talking, one enjoys so completely through a book, just such an intellectual companionship as that of Monsieur, Signor, Herr, Don Cornelius O'Dowd—this travelling Irishman,who bilks wherever:he goes, we may be certain of that, Spanish, Garman, Italian, French, it matters nothing which, but each and all of them with the one unmistakeable Mayo accent! Not a high-flavoured, broad-spreading accent like that of the dreadfai Patland-widow in George Meredith's " Emilia in'England," what that arch humorist himself dubs " pickled Irish"— but a very delectable, a n easily detectable taste of the brogue—a taste of the brogue, let us say, caught from a just casual lick of the Blarney Stone! And, so saying, let us here cheerily — as, in truth, alone befits a reader who stands indebted to his author for many a gay, nay often, too, fir many a wise and wholesome laugh—lot us here cheerily bid a cordial adieu to Cornelius O'Dowd, of aforesaid, the merrymeyed, frank speaking,Ddw'B IcllY Folly owner (alas! late owner) of ICilrauraynabachlish, Ballaghy and Gregnaslat tory. P aINCESS'S TEEEATRE.—Mr Edward Thompson, who has been connected for many years with the box-office of this theatre, has announced his annual benefit for this eve ni n g. The performances will consist of " Bort to Good Luck" and the new drama called the "The Streets of London," The zeal and courtesy with which Mr Thomp son uniformly discharges the duties of his office give him the strongest claims upon the patronage of the public, who it is to be hoped will show their sense of his merits on the present occasion. MADAME TUSSATJD'S.—SeveraI new figures have been lately added to the celebrated Historical Gallery in Baker-street, among which we would call special attention to that of Richard 11. and his Queen Isabella ; also Henry IV. and his Queen Joan of Navarre, and Henry VI. and his Queen Margaret of Anjou—all being attired in the costly costumes of their respective periods. A full-length model of Archbishop Wickham, in m agnificent ecclesiastical robes, &e., ie likewise to be seen. or- ar) gin a z g A ° gly: HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, August 17. The Queen and Princess Louis of Hesse walled and drove in the grounds yesterday. Lady Portman, extra Lady" of the Bedchamber to the Queen, has arrived at °home, and enc. , ceeded Viscountess Jocelyn in waiting. Lord Portman has ako arrived. Lord and Lady Portman had the honour of dining with the Queen and Royal fanny. Foreign Courts. PARIS, Aug. 16. Oa the occasion of the Emperor's fete their Ma jesties received at the Tuileries the respects of the Princess Mathilde, of the Princes and Princesses of the family of the Emperor having rank at Court, and of those not having this rank. The Ministers and members of Privy Councils, the marshals and admirals sojourning at Paris, the grand officers of the Crown, and other officials also presented their respects to their Majesties. At noon a mass, fol lowed by a Te Ileum, was celebrated at the Cqa. pel of the Tuileries, in presence of their "Majesties, the members of the Imperial family, the superior officers of State, and other persons. The King of Spain, who left Bourdeux at ten o'clock yesterday morning, arrived at the St. Cloud station at nine o'clock in the evening. The train stopped at the entrance of the park, where the Emperor was awaiting the arrival of his Roya l g;iest. The Empress and the Prince Imperial, sur rounded by the Prince and Princess Luciea Murat, the Prince and Princess Joachim Murat, and the Princess Anna Murat, received the King at the entrance of the grand staircase. The grea t officers of the Crown, the marshal commandant-in chief of the Imperial Guard, the adjutant-gen" .al of the palace, and many members of the Imper:aal household were present, and were presented to his Majesty, who, before retiring to his apartments' presented the officers of his suite to the Emperor and Empress. The Princess Mathilde was unable to be present on account of a slight indisposition. THE VISIT OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS or WALES TO DENMARK.—The contemplated vibit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Denmark is expected to take ph.ze on or about the 2d of September. Their royal highnesses will be accompanied by a limited suite, and tae port of embarcation will, it is understood, be a northern one, probably Aberdeen. PRINCE ALFRED'S VISIT TO NORWAY. —The 01)- ject of the prince's visit to Norway was to enjoy a few ea Ys salmon fishing upon the waters leased by the Duke of t l l lB burgh°, which extend over three miles. The ang ling season has been exceedingly good. A few days ago tae Racoon, having on board the prince and Duke of it" burghe, left Norway on a visit to Iceltt.nd. The Racoon will return home about the beginning of September. PRINCE NAPOLEON IN GLASGOW.-013 Mondai evening Prince Napoleon and suite arrived in Glasgow, and put up at the George Hotel, George - sq lla re. In the early part of Tuesday the Prince drove to Hafnilt ° ' and, afterwards returning to the city, s. change and one or two of the principal place s of Will( His imperial highness left Glasgow by an a fternoon tra and it is understood that he proceeds on a v isit to Stirling,but his future movements are unknown. T he prince trav els with the utmost privacy, and appears a nxious to avoid public recognition. h e v isited th e id Prince Prozorowsky Prozorowsky Galitzin has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from St Petersburg. Sir Hugh Cairns, Lady Cairns, and family hAv e arrived at Rohallion Lodge, Dunkeld, for the season. His Excellency Monsieur Antonio Flores, reel" deist Minister from the Equador at London and Paris, / 10 left Maurigy's Hotel for Rome. His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador sna ti the Countess Apponyi have left Chan dos House for Itic mond, where they contemplate passing several wet Jo. Count Alexander Apponyi and other attache's remairi it t town. The Duke and Duchess of Wellington will are ive at his grace's shooting quarters in the Highlands this w eeit immediately after the Lord Chief Justice's official duties have terminated he will join his grace and patty in 'cot" land. _Lady Gerald Fitzgerald is recovering from her severe illness. His Excellency the Hon. G. S. Jerningham ha s left Maurigy'a Hotel for Beaufort Castle, Inverness-chi re, on a visit to Lord Lovat. The Right Hon. Frederick Peel end Mrs. :ree l entertained a considerable number of the right Lon. gefitl°- at man's political supporters on Tuesday at his country Hampden-in-Arden. DEATH OF THE GOVERNOR O F CEYLON.---ston W e have to record the death of S ir Charles Ta M'Curthy, Governor of Ceylon, which occurred at the Sp a 0 Belgium, to which place he was on a visit for the bents t his health, on Sunday last. The deceased, who was thOa of the late Mr Denis WCarthy , of Cork, was born in 18201 and was married in 18 48 to S o p hia Brunel, eldest daughter State of Sir Benjamin Hawes, K .C.8., Under -Secretary of for War. In 18 56 he was nominated by Lord John Russell, who was at that tim e Colonial Secretary, to the office of Colonial Secretary in Ceylon, and in the following ye' o i n ted r re ceived the order of Knighthood• In 160 he was apr by the Duke of N e wcastle, who wa s then Colon Coloal Sec: :etarY , to the post of Governor and Commander-in -Chief and Ad m iral of of Ceylon, w hich he held up to the time of is his death. The nom ination to the governorship, which of considerable value, falls to the Right Hon. Edward Card well, M.P., Secretary of State for the Colonies. THE BIRTH OF THE SEWING MACHINE, ---Our mechanicians should have perfected the se wing machine. The land that invented the steam engine a.ud t b ' power -loom, ought, in the ordina r y nature of things,'.CO have cro wned its work by the final device which was to 6,3 W to gether the textile fabrics its cu nnin g mechanics had so deftliic, woven. Indeed, an Engl ishman did a clever mechanal arrang ement for embroidery purpos es, which absolutelY iz!" eluded some of the most imp ortant p arts of the firs t Pr 561- , cal sewing machine; but he actually did not recogvs° fact that he was just touchi n g a contrivance that wene'cl btav ee Not made his fortune. This inven tor, Mr John Foster, o ti n gham, was a very young inmaanc)h machine, and in only nineteenc,:then )1° first contrived his embroidery with his moneyed partner, Mr Gibbons , in BeeerabollcyjalStiLuu":l4: brought it into practical use. Yet neither of then' see that the road they had fairly entered upon, it i t ' jl e u'l e : l up, would inevitably have led to fame and wealth' ;-eir machine to them was an embroiderer, and nothing 0;1 a; though Mr Fothergill, in a paper read at the 5 0 e tcl e ° ,e Arts last year, states that ho saw this very machine '— most eilectually ; indeed, by the use of needle and ab uttle' it produced a lock-stitch of precisely the same character 65 those now in use. No progress w as made with this aro c hine further than to employ it in embroidery, A n c d o of patents were not exteaded. lt is supposed that the ° c so me this invention, however, were not altogether lost ; wor kmen of the origina l p atentee, it is said, proceeo-` A mer ica, and there they d is sem inated the original iBc6. Once e Week. THE LEEDS LOCK OUT.—A statement and b4lice the s h e et s heet nos been issued by the ironworicer E : now Leeds district. The writers say :—" O ur dispute or' - s e al of extended over a period of 16 weeks, and still dol a ever. our hopes of a speedy settlement is as el acirj e i h a : be' There are a few who have forsaken our ranks and veea ns come the willing slaves of their employers, but by noljl to the extent to affect the question in the slighteet degree, to and the men in a body continue as firm, and, if 130°' the more resolwe than ever to continue the struggle claw employers are disposed to take down their declaration. have done our utmost to bring about a settlement of t_ d , We sought and obtained 'ee dispute, but all of no avail. vice from Mr G. Beecroft, cne of the members for tti; borough of Leeds, which was very excellent, and whic h sc could not but act upon ; but the masters did not reciP t r i; u o cafe the peaceable overtures and ,reasonaple terres 0f dee men. Only let the declaration be takeee down, and we Pl a y ', ourselves to do our utmost to promote , order among % e r e „l ees , proper subordination to our superiors, and to gn ;ed, the interests of our employers. Sixteen weeks have 10-ttie and still the code of slavery hangs from the wa-da ° an d seve n forges. It remains in spite of public (Va l private remonstrance, in spite of the press, Lainisciers of too ligion, and public speakers—in spite, indeed, of an 'p friends of liberty. The attempt on the part of Lee h° o ply masters to destroy our power of combin.ation h' s eetle at strengthened our principles, and shown u e tient th e t eeir and liberty of the working men of England is ° nlY i e eea own so long as they combine and co-operate to a_ the another." The contributors to the strike fund ar e ad thanked for their noble assistance and support, ichea'„o t ee enabled workpe 0 p i e l se locked e l d 4s o weekuat. Thep ebrahl balance to s laboewcidis t t r h i b y. t u s t iat receipts up to August 8 have been £11,588, °f Gateshead Executive Commi ttee have 885 £ total ad tea the Brierly-hill Executive Committe Alillmen's Association, Westbromwich• £65 0 - f iet number of members receiving pay from the sotlaot:, utisa down at 1,400, and resolutions, the docurnenittossva:in tea been passed to hold meetings in the peinc l i",. e „ ts ,e o griof country to give information neon the subjeet ad to solicit aid.